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Carson Pass SNO-Park · trailhead

Carson Pass South zone

Community channel 20 · privacy code 30

The trailhead sign is up. Plowed winter parking.

Avalanche forecast today

No danger rating today.

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From the Sierra Avalanche Center for the Central Sierra Nevada zone. Issued 3:04 PM PT Tue 20 Oct; expires 4:00 AM PT Sun 1 Nov.

Weather forecast today

Caples Lake, 8,000 ft · NWS point forecast

OvernightWidespread frost0 inLow 32 °FSSW 2
SundayWidespread frost then mostly sunny0 inHigh 54 °FSSW 5 G18
Sun nightWidespread frost0 inLow 32 °FSSW 2–13 G43

NWS point forecast · NWS avalanche weather forecast (text)

Up high

Crest wind and temperature: Caples Lake, 8,000 ft.

1 mph wind / gustENE from 76°33 °F air temperature

Read 11:30 PM PT Sat 24 Oct, CDEC.

Down low

Carson Pass, 8,360 ft.

0 in snow depth31 °F air temperature

Read 11:00 PM PT Sat 24 Oct, NRCS SNOTEL.

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